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Cabinet
Cabinet approves IRDAI's admission as a signatory to International Association of Insurance Supervisors , Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding 
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for IRDAI's admission as a signatory to International Association of Insurance Supervisors , Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding 
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors is a global framework for cooperation and information exchange between insurance supervisors. International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding is a statement of its signatories’ intent to cooperate in the Field of information exchange as well as procedure for handling information requests. With increasing integration of financial market and growing number of internationally active insurance companies there is an increased need for mutual cooperation and information exchange between insurance industry supervisors. In this background the IRDAI had become a signatory member of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding. In the absence of any bilateral agreements the IAIS, MMoU provides a formal basis for cooperation and information exchange between the Signatory Authorities regarding the supervision of insurance companies where cross-border aspects arise. The scope of the IAIS MMoU is wider than the existing agreements as this agreement also provides for supervision of other regulated entities such as insurance intermediaries under Anti Money Laundering,  and Combating the Finance of Terrorism .
President's Secretariat
PROBATIONERS OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE CALL ON THE PRESIDENT
The probationers of Indian Postal Service  called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Department of Posts, with its remarkable 160-year journey, stands as a beacon of service to our nation. Its extensive network of nearly 1,60,000 Post Offices makes it the largest postal network in the world. She added that the Indian postal network acts as a unifying thread, binding together our vast array of cultures and traditions.
The President appreciated the role of the Department of Posts in financial inclusion. She was happy to note that the department has undertaken strategic initiatives to bridge the financial gap and empower marginalized communities. She noted that the Department of Posts has played a pivotal role in disbursing government subsidies, welfare payments, and pensions. She stated that seamless distribution of funds through post offices has reduced the dependency on intermediaries and minimized leakages.
The President said that the role of Indian Postal Service officers revolves around serving the people of this nation and therefore a customer-centric approach is required. She stated that in an age marked by instant messaging and social media, the Department of Posts must evolve to stay relevant. She was happy to note that the Department is actively modernizing its services to adapt to the digital landscape. She said that innovative ideas of young probationers will be invaluable in this transformative journey.
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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Payroll Reporting in India – A Formal Employment Perspective
The Central Statistics Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to August, 2018, based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions.
This is the Sixth in this series of employment statistics. The Ministry brought out the first release of employment related statistics in the formal sector in April, 2018 covering the period September 2017 to February, 2018, using information on the number of subscribers who have availed benefits under three major schemes, namely, the Employees’ Provident Fund , Employees’ State Insurance Scheme  and the National Pension Scheme .
The second such report was released in May 2018, covering the period September, 2017 to March, 2018.The Third report was released in June 2018, covering the period September, 2017 to April, 2018.The Fourth report was released in July 2018, covering the period September, 2017 to April, 2018.The Fifth report was released in September 2018, covering the period September, 2017 to July 2018
Ministry of Defence
India’s First Indigenously Developed 9mm Machine Pistol
India’s first indigenous 9mm Machine Pistol has been jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army. Infantry School, Mhow and DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment , Pune have designed and developed this weapon using their respective expertise in the complementary areas. The weapon has been developed in a record time of four months. The Machine Pistol fires the in-service 9mm ammunition and sports an upper receiver made from aircraft grade Aluminium and lower receiver from carbon fibre. 3D Printing process has been used in designing and prototyping of various parts including trigger components made by metal 3D printing.
The weapon has huge potential in Armed forces as personal weapon for heavy weapon detachments, commanders, tank and aircraft crews, drivers/dispatch riders, radio/radar operators, Closed Quarter Battle, counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations etc. This is also likely to find huge employability with the central and state police organizations as well as VIP protection duties and Policing. The Machine Pistol is likely to have production cost under rupees 50000 each and has potential for exports.
The weapon is aptly named “Asmi” meaning “Pride”, “Self-Respect" & “Hard Work”.
Keeping the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of Aatmnirbhar Bharat in view, this small step will pave way for self reliance and it is expected that the Services and Paramilitary Forces  will induct this expeditiously.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 45 Cr
More than 43 Lakh vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate stands at 97.38%
43,509 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  presently constitutes 1.28% of total cases
Daily Positivity Rate  less than 5% for 52 consecutive days
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 45 Cr yesterday. Cumulatively, 45,07,06,257 vaccine doses have been administered through 54,11,501 sessions, as per the provisional report till 8 am today. 43,92,697 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
These include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,02,96,166
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2nd Dose
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77,71,787
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,79,14,176
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2nd Dose
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1,10,81,579
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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14,68,84,314
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2nd Dose
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72,09,744
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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10,30,99,861
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2nd Dose
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3,68,42,675
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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7,43,50,754
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2nd Dose
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3,52,55,201
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Total
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45,07,06,257
The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.
Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,07,01,612 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 38,465 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.38%.
India has reported 43,509 daily new cases in the last 24 hours.
Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since thirty-two continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.
India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,03,840 and active cases now constitute 1.28% of the country's total Positive Cases.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 17,28,795 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 46 crore  tests so far.
While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.38% and the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.52% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained below 5% for 52 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘7.06% GS 2028’,  ‘7.26% GS 2033’ and  ‘New GS 2053’
The Government of India  has announced the sale  of  “7.06% Government Security 2028” for a notified amount of Rs 8,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method,  “7.26% Government Security 2033” for a notified amount of Rs 14,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method and  “New Government Security 2053” for a notified amount of Rs 11,000 crore  through yield based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs. 2,000 crore against each security mentioned above. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on June 16, 2023 .
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on June 16, 2023. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on June 16, 2023  and payment by successful bidders will be on June 19, 2023 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 217.11 Cr
Over 4.08 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 46,342
5,443 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.71%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 1.73%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 217.11 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 4.08 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10414926
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2nd Dose
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10115483
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Precaution Dose
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6961310
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18436304
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2nd Dose
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17712306
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Precaution Dose
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13539451
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Age Group 12-14 years
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|
1st Dose
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40874582
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2nd Dose
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31378015
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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61894394
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2nd Dose
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52897712
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Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
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|
561131855
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|
2nd Dose
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|
515216191
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|
Precaution Dose
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87558952
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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204004828
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2nd Dose
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196834800
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Precaution Dose
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45596494
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127650884
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2nd Dose
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123055739
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Precaution Dose
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45862708
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Precaution Dose
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19,95,18,915
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Total
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2,17,11,36,934
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 46,342. Active cases now constitute 0.10% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.71%. 5,291 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,39,78,271.
5,443 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,39,062 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 89.27 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.73% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.61%.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Global Shortage of Containers
The Government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to address the problem of shortage of containers and high freight rates. The efforts are spearheaded by an inter disciplinary task force consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Ports Shipping and Waterways, Ministry of Railways, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  and stakeholders like the Federation of Indian Export Organisations , Container Shipping Lines Association , etc. The task force after considerable stakeholder consultations, has initiated coordinated action on identified tracks. This includes pressing additional shipping/container capacity into service through measures such as enhanced import of empty containers by shipping lines to the country, improved operational planning by facilitating close coordination between exporters and shipping lines, release of abandoned/detained/seized containers, increasing duty free stay of containers, freight discounts for empty repositioning by Railways, transport and marketing assistance for select commodities, measures to improve the turnaround times of containers through tracking and monitoring of dwell times so as to effectively enhance availability of containers, seeking out possible ways to promote use of bulk/break-bulk movement by exporters as compared to containerised movement wherever feasible, etc.
In line with the ambitious export target set by the government, the total merchandise exports during the period April – November 2021 increased to USD 263.57 Billion registering an increase of about 51% over 2020. Non petroleum exports are also higher by about 42% over last year, and so there is a high demand for additional containers to meet the export target in various sectors.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Major Ports Register positive growth of 1.78% in April 2018
(The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 1.78% and together handled 56.81 Million Tonnes of cargo during the period April 2018 as against 55.82 Million Tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year.
The Nine Ports Kolkata , Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Kamarajar, Chennai, Cochin, New Mangalore, JNPT and Deendayal have registered positive growth in traffic.
Cargo traffic handled at Major Ports:
· The highest growth was registered by Kolkata , followed by Kamarajar , New Mangalore , Paradip  and Chennai .
· In Kolkata Port, overall growth was 12.56%.
· During April 2018, Deendayal  Port handled the highest volume of traffic i.e. 9.32 Million tonnes , followed by Paradip with 8.15 Million Tonnes , JNPT with 5.89 Million Tonnes 10.37% share), Visakhapatnam with 5.13 Million Tonnes  and Mumbai with 4.98 Million Tonnes . Together, these five ports handled around 60% of Major Port Traffic.
· Commodity-wise percentage share of POL was maximum i.e. 28.30%, followed by Container , Thermal & Steam Coal , Other Misc. Cargo , Coking & Other Coal , Iron Ore & Pellets , Other Liquid , Finished Fertilizer  and FRM .
Ministry of Power
Shri RK Singh takes charge of the Ministries of the Power and New & Renewable Energy
Shri RK Singh took over as the Union Minister of State  for Power and New & Renewable Energy here, today. He was greeted at the office by Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary, Power and Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, MNRE along with the senior officials of the Ministries.
Briefly interacting with the media after taking charge,Shri Singh said that his priorities would be to ensure quality, reliability and affordability of power. He further said that "We will overcome the challenges and would maintain the pace of growth in power sector." The Minister also emphasised on working towards the right energy mix to meet India's international obligations.
BRIEF PROFILE:
Shri RK Singh has served as the Union Minister of State  for Power and New & Renewable Energy since September, 2017. He is currently a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament  from Arrah constituency in Bihar. In 2014, he was elected as Lok Sabha MP from the same seat.
As the Power Minister, Shri Singh is credited with achieving near universal household electrification in India under the Saubhagya scheme.
Prior to joining the Bhartiya Janta Party  Shri RK Singh has been an IAS officer with an impressive career record spanning nearly four decades. As a civil servant, he has held many important positions including those of Secretary, Department of Defence Production and Secretary, Home Affairs. As Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department of Bihar, he was widely credited with transformation of the road network of the State.
Shri Singh was born on 20 Dec 1952 at Supaul . He holds several degrees includingB.A. in English Literature, LL.B. and Diploma in Management.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
North Eastern Region's international border  has been effectively closed to enforce lockdown: Dr Jitendra Singh
Hon’ble Minister of State  Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra Singh held a detailed review meeting by Video Conference, while adhering to all the guidelines of social distancing, with the Officers of Ministry of DoNER, North Eastern Council  and NEDFI in view of outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic and measures being taken to fight the same in the NE Region. The meeting was attended by Secretary Ministry of DoNER, Addl Secy MDoNER, Secretary NEC, CMD North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd  and other senior officers of MDoNER and NEC. At the outset Hon’ble Minister was informed that 100% work of the Ministry was on e-Office, making it easier to comply with the directions of government to work from home mode.
The lockdown in the NER states is being effectively enforced. NER’s long international border  has been effectively closed.
All officers and staff of Ministry of DoNER and its organizations & PSUs viz NEC, NEDFi, NEHHDC, NERAMAC, CBTC and NERCOMP have contributed one day’s salary to PM-CARES fund.
NEDFi is contributing Rs Two Crore to PM-CARES fund out of their CSR funds.
As decided earlier Ministry/NEC has already sanctioned Rs.25 crores to North Eastern States for gap funding to fight the COVID-19 outbreak effectively. This fund would be in the nature of untied fund, which can be utilized on any activity relating to COVID-19 Pandemic, and not covered under existing central packages. The flexibility of untied funds would enable the states to respond quickly. This fund would be in addition to the funds otherwise allocated by the Ministry of DoNER/NEC to the North Eastern States under the existing schemes. The state wise allocation of funds is as follows:
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Sl.No
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State
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Fund Sanctioned 
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1
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Arunachal Pradesh
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3.25
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2
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Assam
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5.00
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3
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Manipur
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3.00
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4
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Meghalaya
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3.00
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5
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Mizoram
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3.00
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6
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Nagaland
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3.00
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7
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Sikkim
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1.75
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8
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Tripura
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3.00
Ministry has also sought projects for strengthening of Health Infrastructure in NE States under its flagship programme NESIDS. The states have been asked to submit their proposals by 6th April. The projects in health sector would be sanctioned on top priority.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
No Scrapping of projects for development of NER
No Ongoing project has been scrapped by the Ministry of DoNER under the scheme of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources . However, after revision of NLCPR guidelines in 2016, States were requested to reprioritize the retained projects of earlier years so that the value of total projects for each State does not exceed three times of the normative allocation for that State.
Under the revised guidelines of NLCPR, the DPRs  are approved by State Level Empowered Committee headed by Chief Secretary of the concerned Stat
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State  Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
SRI LANKA - INDIA BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE SLINEX 07-10 MAR 22
The Ninth Edition of India - Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX  is scheduled at Visakhapatnam from 07 Mar to 10 Mar 2022. The exercise is being conducted in two phases; the Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam on 07-08 Mar 22 followed by the Sea Phase on 09-10 Mar 22 in the Bay of Bengal.
Sri Lanka Navy will be represented by SLNS Sayurala, an advanced offshore patrol vessel and the Indian Navy by INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette. Other participants from the Indian Navy include INS Jyoti, a Fleet support tanker, Advanced Light Helicopter , Seaking and Chetak Helicopters and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Trincomalee in October 2020.
SLINEX aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding and exchange best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations between both navies. The Harbour Phase would include professional, cultural, sporting and social exchanges. Exercises during Sea Phase will include surface and anti-air weapon firing exercises, seamanship evolutions, aviation operations including cross deck flying, advanced tactical manoeuvres and special forces operations at sea. These will further enhance the high degree of inter-operability already existing between the two navies.
SLINEX exemplifies the deep maritime engagement between India and Sri Lanka and has grown in scope over the years to strengthen mutual cooperation, in consonance with India’s policy of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and Hon’ble PMs vision of ‘Security and Growth for All in the Region ’.
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